Lin post-up! Been waiting for that one. Lin had a good post-up game in college and a lot of his moves effectively finished with a post-up last season. Good to see Lin's versatility finally coming out for the Rockets.

I'm enjoying the spread offense. Reminiscent of one of my favorite all-time offenses, the Nash/Nowitzki-era Mavs.

The Rockets offense turned a corner when they took out the Scola-era post play. They reached the next level when they belatedly reinstated Lin as the PG and moved Harden to SG.

For a while, when it was all iso-Harden (and his forced drives and turnovers) all the time, I doubted the Rockets coaches would adjust to their strengths by playing outside in and spreading the floor with their multiple ball handlers. But they made the adjustment. I'm impressed.

heaven forbid if its Gasol to the Rockets. I love Gasol, he's my Laker man even if he's very inconsistent and soft... but he better stay with Lakers. play more with Nash. I'd take Kevin Love, Paul Millsap or Al Jefferson, or bring in another center as back-up for Asik.

I remember during the Lakers game halftime show when Lin went off during Linsanity 1.0. Jon Barry was doing analysis with Magic. Barry was talking like Lin is deceptive and then Magic chimes in and tells him basically to shut it, that Lin comes off the pick not to blow by you but to scan the court and make the play. Jon couldn't say sh!t as it was the Magic-man talking. Then when Jeremy did the 360 on Fisher, Magic goes "wooo" and Barry didn't say another word. Now Barry talks sh!t about Lin everytime he does a Rockets game, last time with Mike Tirico in the booth beside him.

“If I have to sit behind him for a little while then that’s fine...I had a better college career than he did...It would be fun for a while [backing Lin up], but I wouldn’t like it...I’ll back him up if I have to.

Last year, Rose got swatted twice and stripped multiple times (only had one official TO) while taking a gazillion shots to "embarrass" Jeremy. Now Jeremy's an even better passer and playmaker than ever.

Jeremy should average 18/8 the rest of the way. Not sure how the numbers crunch, but even with the slow start (thanks McHale), I can see him at 16/7 (with excellent defense) by season's end. And then next year will be his first no-doubt-about-it All-Star production year (20/8 or 18/10).

I saw signs saying Merry Xmas to JLin near the exit waving. Wonder if those JLin's fans are also posters on this forum. Best Xmas Day ever. First Steve Nash 's awesome performance, then JLin's sensational game, ah I'm a happy camper on. Xmas Day. Cheers everybody and Merry Xmas and happy New Year.

- Man, how good was Asik tonight? He was dominant on the boards, getting points for himself on putbacks, and his famous butterfingers were nowhere in sight as he rose up to dunk with authority on several plays. He had ZERO turnovers tonight playing against one of the best big men in the league in Joakim Noah. The one time I recall where the ball slipped his fingers was because of a slightly errant pass by Lin (it was HOU ball so no TO) and Lin immediately put his hand to his chest to indicate that it was his own fault. Otherwise, Asik's 20/18 and +41 line was a pretty good reflection of his performance. Smith is a decent player but the whole game had a much different complexion depending on whether Asik was on the court or off the court. +/- is often a misleading stat but I thought it was perfectly reflective of Asik's game.

- You know Lin's having a good game whenever you see him getting swatted hard to the ground. People, no doubt influenced by Barry's constant repetitions, have been asking why the Bulls don't force Lin left. Well, you can only force a person in a certain direction if you are fast and/or strong enough to dictate where the person is going, or if you are prepared to double him on the perimeter and/or you are able to get past the pick that is set on the opposite side. If the person is as fast as Lin and as unpredictable on the drive (the one where Lin just blew past Deng by ignoring the Harden pick) showed how difficult it is. When Lin is in a groove and is picking when to go or not to go, and where Lin is just lightning quick like he was tonight, sometimes all you can do is meet him at the rim and hope for the best.

In any case, it's not like any team can just gameplan for Lin anyway. What are you going to do when it's a Lin and Harden pick and roll? How are you going to force Lin left and Harden right in that same play?

- I thought Parsons did another good job tonight on both ends of the court. People say he is overrated but this season he has overplayed Melo, Gay and Deng. That's not bad for a second round pick. Lin can reliably get a number of assists just by throwing the ball out to Parsons in the corner.

It was a good, enjoyable game! Got a bit close to the end because of *~NBA REFEREES~* but the outcome was never really in doubt.

Wonder what SAS will say about this game today...Harden taking a backseat to Asik but still leading in points, yeah I'm convinced he is unselfish...He draws fouls like sh*t draws flies...Ok a bad similie but y'all know what I'm gettin' at :D

The best quality in Lin is not even his personal stats, his driving ability, his quickness or whatever. It's his ability to make those around him better. No offense to players like Asik and Parsons, but I highly doubt that they would ever score 20 points in a nba game, and in a so easy way, if with any other active PG other than Lin, Nash or Chris Paul.